The effects of nuclear weapons / Samuel Glasstone, editor.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Armed Forces Special Weapons Project (U.S.)

Contributor:

Glasstone, Samuel, 1897-1986.

Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.

Zinman Atomic Energy Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

John Penman Wood Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear weapons.

Penn Provenance:

Zinman, Michael (donor) (Zinman copy)

Physical Description:

xii, 579 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1957.

Contents:

General principles of nuclear explosions

Descriptions of nuclear explosions

Air blast phenomena and effects

Structural damage from air blast

Effects of surface and subsurface bursts

Damage from air blast, underground shock, and underwater shock

Thermal radiation and its effects

Initial nuclear radiation

Residual nuclear radiation transmission and absorption

World-wide fallout and long-term residual radiation

Effects on personnel

Protective measures.

Notes:

First edition published in 1950 by the U.S. Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, N.M., under title: The effects of atomic weapons.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 558-560) and index.

Related Work:

Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. Effects of atomic weapons.

Other Format:

Online version: Armed Forces Special Weapons Project (U.S.). Effects of nuclear weapons.

OCLC:

14609357